Re: Non-transactional pg_class, try 2

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Non-transactional pg_class, try 2
Date: 2006-06-12 22:15:19
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On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 17:53 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Here I repost the patch to implement non-transactional catalogs, the
> first of which is pg_ntclass, intended to hold the non-transactional
> info about pg_class (reltuples, relpages).

Would it be possible to get a summary of what this new feature gives us?
I'm trying to follow the implementation but the why of it seems to have
been buried in the detail.

Will a user be able to update reltuples and relpages manually?

Thanks.

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Simon Riggs
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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